The spectacle known as the NFL draft kicks off tonight in New York with the first round. As Brian pointed out late last week, the Big Ten is in danger of going without a first-round selection for the first time since the NFL-AFL merger.

With the NFL Draft looming, heres a look at the top things to know related to depth at notable positions.QB class lacking a megastarThere have been four quarterbacks taken in the first round of the NFL Draft each of the last two seasons.

Let's get to it ...Radi from Bangkok writes: Hey Adam, If the B1G wants to to expand to 18 teams, create 3 divisions and play 5 divisional games, with 2 cross-over games with each of the other 2 divisions, then invite Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia Tech to join the B1G East Division, then offer Notre Dame to join this same division, that the Irish would be foolish to not join on these conditions?

The Big Ten postseason top 25 player rankings are in the books for 2012.What did you think? Send your thoughts here and here. Again, this is a very exclusive list that, because of its size, omits a bunch of great players.

NFL combine weekend is upon us. We'll have an update Monday on how the Big Ten contingent fared in the early testing.To your emails ...Brian from Atlanta writes: Adam, How can you think Chicago makes sense for the B10 CCG until two things change: 1.